Species Nyctotherus cordiformis Ehrenberg, 1833

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• Nyctotherus cordiformis Ehrenberg, E.C. 1833. Über die Entwickelung und Lebensdauer der Infusionsthiere; nebst ferneren Beiträgen zu einer Vergleichung ihrer organischen Systeme. Abhandlungen der Akadamie der Wissenschaften Berlin 1831: 1-154, Tafeln I-IV.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Litoria ewingii (Dumeril & Bibron, 1841) [HYLIDAE] Brown Tree Frog (intestines); Litoria aurea (Lesson, 1829) [HYLIDAE] Green and Golden Bell Frog (syn. Hyla aurea; intestines); Limnodynastes tasmaniensis Günther, 1858 [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Spotted Grass Frog (intestines); Limnodynastes dorsalis (J.E. Gray, 1841) [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Western Banjo Frog (intestines)).

Associated Fauna References

Horning, E.S. 1927. Mitochondrial behaviour during the life cycle of Nyctotherus cordiformis. Australian Journal of Experimantal Biology and Medical Science 4: 69-73 (Litoria aurea)

Raff, J.W. 1911. Protozoa parasitic in the large intestine of Australian frogs. Part I. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 23: 586-596 (Limnodynastes tasmaniensis; Litoria ewingii; Litoria aurea)

Raff, J.W. 1912. Protozoa parasitic in the large intestine of Australian frogs. Part II. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 24: 343-352 (Limnodynastes dorsalis)

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